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romney's challenge now is to prove that was the real mitt romney we saw at the debates. the confident asserttive romney we saw during the debate is not the romney we have grown used to over the last couple of months. romney has since stood by his 47% statement but now he is rolling it back. here is what he said yesterday. >> it's completely wrong. and i absolutely believe, however, that my life has shown they care about 100%. >> you might think that this new romney is nothing but an act. if you do, you are not alone. here is what the president had to say to a crowd of 30,000 people yesterday in madison, wisconsin. >> i met this very spirited fellow who claims to be mitt romney. but i know it couldn't have been mitt romney because the real mitt romney has been running around the country this past year promising $5 trillion tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. >> romney is rolling out new campaign ads as well as new talking points over the next few days and weeks. his goal is to convince the american public that he is ready to be president. more coming up live after the
romney's challenge now is to prove that was the real mitt romney we saw at the debates. the confident asserttive romney we saw during the debate is not the romney we have grown used to over the last couple of months. romney has since stood by his 47% statement but now he is rolling it back. here is what he said yesterday. >> it's completely wrong. and i absolutely believe, however, that my life has shown they care about 100%. >> you might think that this new romney is nothing but an...
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he said that after the debate. there was nobody could say that mitt romney won that debate. mark halprin was wrong. here he is this morning on good morning america paul ryan. >> the reason i think mitt romney won this debate is america again. >> bill: oh, shut up, i don't want to hear it. get out of here. [ laughter ] >> bill: come on, geeze, you know my little puppy here on the leash peter, right. >> it's pathetic. you can say he put on a good showing. >> bill: you can say he didn't step on his boom too bad. >> you can say that. it's not true. >> bill: he did not win the debate. >> we have someone who wrote in saying if they gave a name to last night's debate, they would call it atlas flub. we asked for other ideas. paul says atlas scrub could be another one. michael peterson says how obama got his groove back. @bark whey says mittens meltdown. >> bash, return of the jedi, because obama was definitely back in form. >> bill: yeah, he was. the force. >> the force was strong with him last night. >> bill: gary calling from the good state of mississippi what do you think? >> cal
he said that after the debate. there was nobody could say that mitt romney won that debate. mark halprin was wrong. here he is this morning on good morning america paul ryan. >> the reason i think mitt romney won this debate is america again. >> bill: oh, shut up, i don't want to hear it. get out of here. [ laughter ] >> bill: come on, geeze, you know my little puppy here on the leash peter, right. >> it's pathetic. you can say he put on a good showing. >> bill:...
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today just a few hours before the debate started. romney did his debate prep in denver. when you go to 5,000 feet, and you only have a few hours to adjust-- >> cenk: was that attack--there are a million things that went wrong. that's not why president obama lost over all but was that a mistake to go that late into denver. >> people do get altitude sickness, even sometimes at a mile high, but i think it was reflective of a bigger problem. president obama was being the president. he doesn't have to spend an entire day or day in denver. 's the president. if you watched him last night that's what he behaved like. a guy who for four years has gone unchallenged at least in the same room with anyone. his demeanor, his answers from exactly what you saw during presidential press conference over the last few years. that's the way he responded to romney, to whom he barely acknowledged. he was acting like this was just you know, something that he didn't have to deign to do. that was a huge mistake. it will be a wake-up call to him. it's very much like to me what happened in 2004 whe
today just a few hours before the debate started. romney did his debate prep in denver. when you go to 5,000 feet, and you only have a few hours to adjust-- >> cenk: was that attack--there are a million things that went wrong. that's not why president obama lost over all but was that a mistake to go that late into denver. >> people do get altitude sickness, even sometimes at a mile high, but i think it was reflective of a bigger problem. president obama was being the president. he...
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>> caller: he definitely let romney walk into that debate. i mean look at the headlines today. it's crazy. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: yesterday they were talk about how of these romney supporters were going to jump ship, but now they are doubling down, and they are going to go down with the ship. >> stephanie: right. [ coughing ] >> caller: excuse me. >> stephanie: oh pardon you. please go ahead. >> caller: and another thing think about all of the money that is not going to go into the senate and house races. >> stephanie: yeah and i think he underestimated the muppet love in the country. hi heidi. >> caller: hi. i love you guys. i have listened to you for about eight years. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i was calling because i wanted to say obama -- everything is turning around right now in the economy. and i want him to be in office for he can take the credit for what he has done. >> stephanie: exactly. i'm surprised that mittens hasn't taken credit for the drop in the unemployment rate as well. >> yeah. >> stephanie: do you have it? >> yeah. >> stephanie: a lot of
>> caller: he definitely let romney walk into that debate. i mean look at the headlines today. it's crazy. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: yesterday they were talk about how of these romney supporters were going to jump ship, but now they are doubling down, and they are going to go down with the ship. >> stephanie: right. [ coughing ] >> caller: excuse me. >> stephanie: oh pardon you. please go ahead. >> caller: and another thing think about all of the...
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ann romney said when mitt romney goes out for one of these debates, he writes dad at the top of the -- kind of touching seriously, i thought. it was nice. but i would immediately write down the five or six key points they wanted to be sure to try to work in somehow. because you can't take any prepared materials in there with you, but you can remember the things that you walk on stage with, and get them down in a hurry. >> cenk: or if you can't remember them, you write them in your head like sarah palin did. >> al gore: michelle obama -- this is their 20th wedding anniversary and she said she was going to make him write on his palm love you honey or something. >> eliot: this is a great way for mitt romney to show a human. >> jennifer: yeah. >> cenk: jennifer did you have zingers? >> jennifer: absolutely. i wanted to ask the vice president looking at these backgrounds and podiums, doesn't it make your stomach clench? >> al gore: no, i found them exciting and enjoyable in the same way i played a football game. >> jennifer: interesting. i didn't feel that way. i thought they were very har
ann romney said when mitt romney goes out for one of these debates, he writes dad at the top of the -- kind of touching seriously, i thought. it was nice. but i would immediately write down the five or six key points they wanted to be sure to try to work in somehow. because you can't take any prepared materials in there with you, but you can remember the things that you walk on stage with, and get them down in a hurry. >> cenk: or if you can't remember them, you write them in your head...
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but the first visceral reaction i had was that romney did himself some good in this debate. i'm strongly supporting president obama, and i think he is going to win, but i don't think this was his best night. >> cenk: governor grandholm? [ laughter ] >> jennifer: i'm sad to say that i agree, and i really really am sad to say that i agree, because i so wanted to be wrong about thinking that romney was going to come out swinging. i think the president -- he was right on facts, but there were opportunities that were missed. so the not saying -- not hitting back on the $716 billion was a missed opportunity. i know the fact checkers -- >> al gore: and romney said it five times. >> cenk: or six times. >> jennifer: and there was stuff about cayman islands that would have been mentioned. all of that. but if you look at what is happening on line the fact checkers -- there is style versus substance. the fact checkers were going crazy because of romney's statements and failure to identify again which of the deductions that he would cut -- i mean his continual saying i will repeal and re
but the first visceral reaction i had was that romney did himself some good in this debate. i'm strongly supporting president obama, and i think he is going to win, but i don't think this was his best night. >> cenk: governor grandholm? [ laughter ] >> jennifer: i'm sad to say that i agree, and i really really am sad to say that i agree, because i so wanted to be wrong about thinking that romney was going to come out swinging. i think the president -- he was right on facts, but...
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just a few hours before the debates started. romney did his debate prep in denver. when you go to 5,000 feet -- >> john: exactly. >> al gore: and you only have a few hours to adjust -- >> jennifer: that's interesting. [overlapping speakers] >> cenk: one quick thing here. i just came from l.a. the same day. i drank two cups of coffee. >> john: the first time i ever did stand up in denver i had the same effect. it makes you drawn and off. the president has an off night. >> jennifer: but tell me a good answer. >> john: i agree with jenks i think he explained voucherism better than ever. >> eliot: i think the substance of that transwould read well in a transcript -- >> jennifer: give me something good. come on eliot. >> eliot: he spoke to his wife with no passion. [ laughter ] >> eliot: that was the only moment when i saw in his eyes the energy and caring that got him elected president -- >> jennifer: what about when he quoted lincoln? >> eliot: it sounded old. >> cenk: all right. vice president gore what did he do right? >> al gore: well that was going to be my answer.
just a few hours before the debates started. romney did his debate prep in denver. when you go to 5,000 feet -- >> john: exactly. >> al gore: and you only have a few hours to adjust -- >> jennifer: that's interesting. [overlapping speakers] >> cenk: one quick thing here. i just came from l.a. the same day. i drank two cups of coffee. >> john: the first time i ever did stand up in denver i had the same effect. it makes you drawn and off. the president has an off...
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romney hopes to turn the tables during the debate. "the new york times" said that is just not likely. history shows only two elections have seen a big impact from the debates. the first, of course in 1960 during that first televised debate when americans saw kennedy and nixon on t.v. the second was the year 2000 when george bush overtook vice president al gore. as john mentioned earlier in the show that does not mean it is time to get complacent. one thing romney could have going for him is that the jobs report is out just 36 hours after the first debate. more john fugelsang coming up on the full court press and we're always live in chat, join us there, current.com/billpress. you're about to watch an ad message created by a current tv viewer for capella university. matter. i've been a nurse since 1979. i love being a nurse. a few years ago a friend i went to grade school with showed me a book she had kept from third grade. i had written that i wanted to be a nurse. after being a nurse for about twenty years i decided that i need to fu
romney hopes to turn the tables during the debate. "the new york times" said that is just not likely. history shows only two elections have seen a big impact from the debates. the first, of course in 1960 during that first televised debate when americans saw kennedy and nixon on t.v. the second was the year 2000 when george bush overtook vice president al gore. as john mentioned earlier in the show that does not mean it is time to get complacent. one thing romney could have going for...
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romney's post debate polls are giving him quite a choose. the president is now leading by just three points. he was ahead by six during his peak. more coming up after the break. and we are live in chat. commentary. >> was this the game changer? is this going to change the dynamic? (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >> so keep on tweeting and maybe you'll have your voice be part of this democracy and see your tweets up on our screen. >>now that's politically direct. endless shrimp is our most popular promotion at red lobster. there's so many choices, the guests love it! [ male announcer ] don't miss endless shrimp, just $14.99! try as much as you like, anyway you like. like new teriyaki grilled shrimp. offer ends soon! my name is angela trapp, and i sea food differently. [♪ theme music ♪] >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: did you hear? it's over. the president has won reelection! president
romney's post debate polls are giving him quite a choose. the president is now leading by just three points. he was ahead by six during his peak. more coming up after the break. and we are live in chat. commentary. >> was this the game changer? is this going to change the dynamic? (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >> so keep on tweeting and maybe you'll have your voice be part of this democracy and see your tweets up...
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mitt romney took it on the chin when he flubbed his lines in the second debate. he had the grand opening and misstated the record and candy crowley corrected him. he has ended up on the losing end of this. but the larger reason why the republicans have come back to this it fits the image they're trying to portray the president. it's not that we caught you in this incident, but it's the entire notion of weakness in policy leading from behind. that's why it fits that intuitive sense they're trying to create that 5% to 10% in the middle that they're speak to go right now. >> jennifer: we're in a situation again where it appears as though the republicans are cheering for incidents to happen in the middle east, that they can use to attack the president with. if there is an another car bomb, ah, it's evidence that the president's foreign policy is falling apart and they don't respect the united states. the same thing on the economy. if there is a hiccup in the economy, obviously the economic policies are not working. i think it's another example of the republicans root
mitt romney took it on the chin when he flubbed his lines in the second debate. he had the grand opening and misstated the record and candy crowley corrected him. he has ended up on the losing end of this. but the larger reason why the republicans have come back to this it fits the image they're trying to portray the president. it's not that we caught you in this incident, but it's the entire notion of weakness in policy leading from behind. that's why it fits that intuitive sense they're...
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of the debate was moderated by mitt romney. oh wait, we mean jim lehrer who i think it is safe to say did worse than expected. the president did not perform up to his usual standards and mitt romney came out swinging taking a very offensive approach against the president as well as jim lehrer, big barned the entire pbs crew. the debate focus around the economy as we knew it would and the candidates traded jabs over tax policies for the middle class. >> romney: under the president's policies middle income americans have been buried. they've been crushed. i will not under any circumstances, raise taxes on middle income families. >> obama: now, five weeks before the election, he's saying his big, bold idea is never mind. >> romney is saying he would push for tax relief is another flip-flop. from his statement a few weeks ago that we should not expect a huge cut in taxes if he's elected president. we'll do some fact checking for you in the next current news update. despite the lies and contradictions from romney, a new cnn poll say
of the debate was moderated by mitt romney. oh wait, we mean jim lehrer who i think it is safe to say did worse than expected. the president did not perform up to his usual standards and mitt romney came out swinging taking a very offensive approach against the president as well as jim lehrer, big barned the entire pbs crew. the debate focus around the economy as we knew it would and the candidates traded jabs over tax policies for the middle class. >> romney: under the president's...
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and the post debate polls, which is where romney really made strides last week. on friday after a full 24 hours of post debate spin right? >> stephanie: right. >> the post debate talk has been pretty rough on ryan but the president is the president. >> stephanie: and we have been saying, i do think we send to be a little bit more honest. we came in and said the president has a bad night. whereas they are just spinning. i'm reading some poll analysis here. it says the most relevant poll comes from cbs news and it says it is 51% compared to 31% for ryan. i mean that was an ass kicking. [ laughter ] >> no doubt. >> stephanie: so you think the townhall will favor the president on tuesday. >> yes, and the fact that he went through this already once. it didn't work his way, and now he has to listen to advise to be more aggressive. he has done it in the past and it has worked for him in the past. so to be honest, i wasn't worried last week, so to say i'm not worried next week i could be wrong again. but obama does do well when his back is up against the wall. obama is s
and the post debate polls, which is where romney really made strides last week. on friday after a full 24 hours of post debate spin right? >> stephanie: right. >> the post debate talk has been pretty rough on ryan but the president is the president. >> stephanie: and we have been saying, i do think we send to be a little bit more honest. we came in and said the president has a bad night. whereas they are just spinning. i'm reading some poll analysis here. it says the most...
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powerpoint so do you see now ryan will be drivetion the debate more than mitt romney? >> it's a mixed answer i think, that if you just look at how ryan's election has driven the debate, you have to acknowledge that he is driving this this direction now. but when you look at sort of the position that they have taken, there are a couple of specific portions of the medicare plan that i think the biggest one would be the $500,000,000,000 that were in ryan's budget/medicare plan touched medicare. then the 700 billion or whatever, the president's and i was in boston in july talking to top advisors and they were quick to point out their plan did not have that, which i think was a foreshadowing of what was to come. right? because i think they were beginning to prepare themselves for a ryan pick. ryan obviously is going to get on board with that. he got on board, i think, yesterday with being in favor of abortion in cases of rape and incest. before that, he had only been in favor of it in case of the life of the mother being in danger. >> we have to run along here at the end of
powerpoint so do you see now ryan will be drivetion the debate more than mitt romney? >> it's a mixed answer i think, that if you just look at how ryan's election has driven the debate, you have to acknowledge that he is driving this this direction now. but when you look at sort of the position that they have taken, there are a couple of specific portions of the medicare plan that i think the biggest one would be the $500,000,000,000 that were in ryan's budget/medicare plan touched...
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mitt romney is releasing a new ad ahead of the presidential debates. as we talked about earlier this debate will center around the economy and this is an obvious appeal to the middle class. >> more americans live in poverty than when president obama took office. we should measure our compassion by how many of our fellow americans are able to get good-paying jobs. not by how many are on welfare. >> according to romney, 47% of americans are on welfare or dependent on the government. he has taken criticism since that video was leaked. bullpen paul ryan is saying that was inaccurate. ryan might not agree on the number romney used, but disagree on the principle. a video from november of last year, ryan is saying 70% of people want the american dream but 30% just want a welfare state. >> the obama camp is crying foul to a video newly posted of obama in 2007 talking to a black crowd about the bush administration's failed response to hurricane katrina. republicans are highly critical saying it shows the president appealing to racial solidarity. they are toutin
mitt romney is releasing a new ad ahead of the presidential debates. as we talked about earlier this debate will center around the economy and this is an obvious appeal to the middle class. >> more americans live in poverty than when president obama took office. we should measure our compassion by how many of our fellow americans are able to get good-paying jobs. not by how many are on welfare. >> according to romney, 47% of americans are on welfare or dependent on the government....
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president obama and mitt romney are both capitalizing on the debate spin this week. particularly in going after women voters. and can you guess what the number one search term on google was yesterday? binders full of women. not only is that one not playing well for romney, it is not even true. those binders came from a group called the massachusetts government appointments project which put the list together before romney was even elected. so for him to say he requested groups of qualified women is a flat-out lie. romney did hire several new women but by the end of his term, the number of women in top positions was actually lower than it was when he took office. >>> romney's going after the president nonetheless saying there are more women in poverty now than when obama took office but the president is hammering home on romney's views on fair pay. here he was yesterday in eye what. >> when young women graduate, they should get equal pay for equal work. when governor romney was asked about it, his campaign said we'll get back to you. >> in addition to women's issues a
president obama and mitt romney are both capitalizing on the debate spin this week. particularly in going after women voters. and can you guess what the number one search term on google was yesterday? binders full of women. not only is that one not playing well for romney, it is not even true. those binders came from a group called the massachusetts government appointments project which put the list together before romney was even elected. so for him to say he requested groups of qualified...
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on romney's debate performance sheen said mr. romney showed his rear end there using a different word. how stupid he is referring to the old phrase arrogance is ignorance matured. >> bill: wow. martin sheen is one of the best presidents we ever had though. >> that is right. >> bill, you told america to see argo and they did. it has been in theatres for three weeks but made it to number one this past weekend. >> bill: word of mouth got that movie up there. >> $12.4 million. it beat the debut of tom hanks' new movie cloud atlas. >> how horrible does that look? >> $100 million movie made less than $10 million for third place in its opening weekend. >> because it was horrible. >> bill: that's going to go down down, down. argo will continue to go up. >> i'm telling everyone to go see argo. i got my wife to see it with a couple of her friends. it is fantastic. >> bill: i've done my share. >> exactly. >> bill: i'll tell you again. it is -- first of all what's amazing to me about this story is that i didn't know about that story. as much
on romney's debate performance sheen said mr. romney showed his rear end there using a different word. how stupid he is referring to the old phrase arrogance is ignorance matured. >> bill: wow. martin sheen is one of the best presidents we ever had though. >> that is right. >> bill, you told america to see argo and they did. it has been in theatres for three weeks but made it to number one this past weekend. >> bill: word of mouth got that movie up there. >> $12.4...
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. >> romney think the debate next week could be a turning point in the race but that depends on who you talk to. politico is calling the denver do or die for romney but radio talk show host patrick dorenson says unless someone says something really stupid, it is political fodder. we'll leave it up to you on whether anyone might say something really stupid. "the washington post" quoting an a. p. reporter saying they had to impose a fact-checking limit on michele bachmann because she was wrong so often. back with more bill press after the break. stay with us. decide the election. current tv presents coverage of the presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> you're going to hear that (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >>now that's politically direct. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: broadcasting >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 40 days to go now until this election is all over. and we got a deal for the referees and the n
. >> romney think the debate next week could be a turning point in the race but that depends on who you talk to. politico is calling the denver do or die for romney but radio talk show host patrick dorenson says unless someone says something really stupid, it is political fodder. we'll leave it up to you on whether anyone might say something really stupid. "the washington post" quoting an a. p. reporter saying they had to impose a fact-checking limit on michele bachmann because...
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(vo) so current gave him a weekly show. >> i love romney's debate style, but i tell you, if i could be that stiff for 90 minutes, i'd ... (vo) we probably won't regret it. [ ♪ music ♪ ] [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> announcer: stephanie miller ♪ these are the good times ♪ ♪ leave your cares behind ♪ ♪ these are the good times ♪ >> stephanie: it is the "the stephanie miller show." welcome to it. 51 minutes after the hour. don't forget tomorrow our debate special on current 4:00 p.m. pacific. 7:00 p.m. eastern. live from the news plex xo center. a lot of people wrote in to say how much they enjoyed the vice presidential one with clips of my dad. >> that was cool. >> you know me? >> stephanie: if you know me, i'm going to have a really embarrassing daughter some day. i was telling the charming romney family stories about mitt making them push boulders back and forth across the lawn for apparently no reason. >> that's so emblematic of him. >> stephanie: at least we had to clean -- like mud and leaves and like earthworms out of the window wells. >> out of the what? [ screaming ] >> s
(vo) so current gave him a weekly show. >> i love romney's debate style, but i tell you, if i could be that stiff for 90 minutes, i'd ... (vo) we probably won't regret it. [ ♪ music ♪ ] [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> announcer: stephanie miller ♪ these are the good times ♪ ♪ leave your cares behind ♪ ♪ these are the good times ♪ >> stephanie: it is the "the stephanie miller show." welcome to it. 51 minutes after the hour. don't forget tomorrow our debate...
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what mitt romney was saying in that debate it's very clear. he is giving his sense of what the government should be like. but the thing i was paying at attention to was the way that john king asked the question. he asked it in kind of a fuzzy way. he said some people are thinking about eliminating fema or sending it back to the states but he didn't say which part he was asking romney exactly -- >> bill: no, no no. he said we are better off to give it to the states or private business. >> right. >> bill: chris christie said they have to rebuild all of those beaches in new jersey. >> right. >> bill: 65% of beach replenishment. 65% is paid for by the federal government. so chris christie knows states can't do it without the federal government. >> chris christie is a great example of a republican governor in a state that has used federal money. i remember the debates about how much -- how much medicaid -- how much your -- your salary had to be in order to qualify for medicaid or some of these other health care benefits. it's a big deal in new jers
what mitt romney was saying in that debate it's very clear. he is giving his sense of what the government should be like. but the thing i was paying at attention to was the way that john king asked the question. he asked it in kind of a fuzzy way. he said some people are thinking about eliminating fema or sending it back to the states but he didn't say which part he was asking romney exactly -- >> bill: no, no no. he said we are better off to give it to the states or private business....
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most politicians are staying away from the debate. in an interview yesterday, rom romney said now is not the time to talk gun control politics. as governor of massachusetts, he signed a first state ban opinion assault weapons outlawing one of the rifle used in the colorado shooting but he says he does not believe it will make a difference this this type of tragde. why the lack of conversation? the candidates have a lot to lose. independent will likely decide this year's election and the poles say they are split on this issue with 55% of voters saying it's more important to protect second amendment rights. according to police, the colorado shooter purchased more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition on line without any federal background checks. in other polls this morning, maris finds 78% of americans are frustrated with the tone of political campaigns. 78% believe they have gotten more negative this season. more than half of the people say the tone is uncivil and disrespectful and they spend more time criticizing their independent than add
most politicians are staying away from the debate. in an interview yesterday, rom romney said now is not the time to talk gun control politics. as governor of massachusetts, he signed a first state ban opinion assault weapons outlawing one of the rifle used in the colorado shooting but he says he does not believe it will make a difference this this type of tragde. why the lack of conversation? the candidates have a lot to lose. independent will likely decide this year's election and the poles...
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after a touchy week of medicare debate, romney and ryan will meet back up to campaign. the two originally planned to go solo 2348 the republican national convention but now campaign strategists are saying maybe that's not such a good idea. advisers say romney has more enthusiasm alongside ryan who stopped him from feeling so isolated. the two will hold a monday morning town hall in manchester and will likely appear together later in the week. in the meantime, ryan is he had hadded to florida where he will visit his mom at her retirement home. the trip isn't all about family. ryan is hoping his mom can help him win over senior citizens. the two will be at the villages the world's largest retirement community. join us in chat current.com/bill presscurrent.com/billpress. we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick w
after a touchy week of medicare debate, romney and ryan will meet back up to campaign. the two originally planned to go solo 2348 the republican national convention but now campaign strategists are saying maybe that's not such a good idea. advisers say romney has more enthusiasm alongside ryan who stopped him from feeling so isolated. the two will hold a monday morning town hall in manchester and will likely appear together later in the week. in the meantime, ryan is he had hadded to florida...
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this whole campaign switch is a sign romney knows he's in trouble and he can't depend on the debates to turn his poll numbers around. while he's not backtracking on his 47% remark, he does seem to be covering it up a bit. in a q&a session on univision he promised to be president for the 100% and to tackle illegal immigration. he says he's not in favor of mass deportation and that what he means by self-deportation is for people to decide on their own whether to go back home or enter this country legally. but when it comes to specific policy we haven't heard much from him. back with more. stay with us. action. trickle down does not work. in romney's world, cars get the elevator and the workers get the shaft. that is a whole bunch of bunk. the powerful may steal an election, but they can't steal democracy. sir... excuse me, excuse me... can i get you to sign off on the johnson case... ♪ we built this city! ♪ don't let food hang around. ♪ on rock & roll! ♪ [ orbit trumpet plays ] clean it up with orbit! [ ding! ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling... eat. drink. chew orbit. [ ♪
this whole campaign switch is a sign romney knows he's in trouble and he can't depend on the debates to turn his poll numbers around. while he's not backtracking on his 47% remark, he does seem to be covering it up a bit. in a q&a session on univision he promised to be president for the 100% and to tackle illegal immigration. he says he's not in favor of mass deportation and that what he means by self-deportation is for people to decide on their own whether to go back home or enter this...
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the latest from the romney camp is when we get in that debate next week, we're going to stop being mr. nice guy. this is what they're telling reporters. we're going to start exposing the lies that president obama tells all the time. well you know what? i just think that's so funny because you know, what we really need to expose are the lies coming from the other side, the lies that the romney campaign tells all the time, especially when they say that president obama has been bad on job creation. so i just want to give you some new numbers out today. these came out yesterday. the year after president obama was sworn -- the year he was sworn in, 2009, because of the bush -- the economic crisis this country lost 4.3 million jobs. these are just raw numbers folks. since 2010, this country has gained between 4.4 and 4.6 million jobs. so just on flat-out numbers obama has brought back all the jobs lost under george w. bush and then added some to the top. all right. number one. number two these numbers show that under president obama, we had a faster rate of job creation than under george bu
the latest from the romney camp is when we get in that debate next week, we're going to stop being mr. nice guy. this is what they're telling reporters. we're going to start exposing the lies that president obama tells all the time. well you know what? i just think that's so funny because you know, what we really need to expose are the lies coming from the other side, the lies that the romney campaign tells all the time, especially when they say that president obama has been bad on job...
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debate. it's been established that indeed mitt romney is ceo of bain captamital between 1999 and 2002. what does at that mean? now, the question is he had legal authority over that business. so now it's sort of changing the public debate. now, the public debate is, it's not that oh, i wasn't there. it's that, you know, i was legally in charge but i didn't have anything to do with the management and the operations of it. so they have had to modify their story. it's also gotten gummed up in between, you know, at different times he had different stories about when he left or what his status was after he went to run the olympics in salt lake city in 1999. at first, he said he was on a leave of absence. then later on, he started to say that he had retired. and so those con conflicting things and then the conflicting statements in the documents are causing him a variety of headaches that the obama people are really taking add vantage of at this point. >> verbal gymnastics from mitt romney where we
debate. it's been established that indeed mitt romney is ceo of bain captamital between 1999 and 2002. what does at that mean? now, the question is he had legal authority over that business. so now it's sort of changing the public debate. now, the public debate is, it's not that oh, i wasn't there. it's that, you know, i was legally in charge but i didn't have anything to do with the management and the operations of it. so they have had to modify their story. it's also gotten gummed up in...
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convention and the upcoming debate. but obviously he's failed so far at the first two. >>> another poll is out from abc news. this one is a little more fun. asks who would you rather have over for dinner? 52% of people would prefer president obama and just 33% said mitt romney. mr. obama also wins when it comes to who would make a more loyal friend. the "wall street journal" is also getting critical of mitt romney in a new editorial saying when he ventures into healthcare political trouble usually follows. this comes just after romney's most recent flip-flop saying on "meet the press" sunday he would support two major aspects of obama care. that is insuring people with pre-existing conditions and keeping young adults on their parent's plans. well then he quietly reversed stands a few hours later in the "wall street journal" saying romney is not giving out enough policy details and being so vague comes with its own political risk. more bill press is coming up. stay with us. >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upse
convention and the upcoming debate. but obviously he's failed so far at the first two. >>> another poll is out from abc news. this one is a little more fun. asks who would you rather have over for dinner? 52% of people would prefer president obama and just 33% said mitt romney. mr. obama also wins when it comes to who would make a more loyal friend. the "wall street journal" is also getting critical of mitt romney in a new editorial saying when he ventures into healthcare...
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and we need before the next debate on foreign policy, we need to get those films out of mitt romney's ten or 12 companies, two of them have been flagged on international piracy. >> bill: uh-huh. >> caller: we need to get that "mother jones" out. and we need to remind women and latino what will happen if he gets in. we need to get our people fired up, and just like how republicans hit the senior citizens, we need to remind people, he'll take away the dream act, women he'll take away your rights. and we need to get people out to vote and let people know what is going on in china. >> bill: i think we need elaine out on the campaign trail. >> exactly. [ laughter ] >> bill: but she did mention the middle class. joe biden has fought his whole life for the middle class. >> uh-huh. >> bill: if there is any doubt which team is for the middle class, i thought at the end of the night, joe biden won that round. >> yeah, he did. >> bill: i thought joe was believable. >> uh-huh. >> bill: and he just pointed out that the tax cuts that mitt romney and paul ryan are both espousing helping only 120,000
and we need before the next debate on foreign policy, we need to get those films out of mitt romney's ten or 12 companies, two of them have been flagged on international piracy. >> bill: uh-huh. >> caller: we need to get that "mother jones" out. and we need to remind women and latino what will happen if he gets in. we need to get our people fired up, and just like how republicans hit the senior citizens, we need to remind people, he'll take away the dream act, women he'll...
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i mean the romney campaign after the last debate where romney really did not do so well on foreign policy right they put out the word. that's all right because he was purposely holding back because we got this baby in the bag. i'm paraphrasing. we're going to win. we're confident. and so mitt romney just wanted to appear presidential. and not engage barack obama. which is b.s. if i ever heard it. a lot of the media picked up on this. you've seen the stories. oh, the momentum is in mitt romney's favor. oh, he's got it. he's got it won. here's how barack obama lost and we just have two more weeks. nothing is going to change. that lasted for about a day. until yesterday some good reporters, glenn thrush from politico among them started looking again at the numbers and saying hey wait a minute. first of all this -- the gallup poll which people are still quoting. we talked about it last week. showing the national tracking poll 47%-47%. oh my god they're tied. it is time for democrats to panic. we pointed out the national polls do not mean beans. we do not elect a president by national polls so
i mean the romney campaign after the last debate where romney really did not do so well on foreign policy right they put out the word. that's all right because he was purposely holding back because we got this baby in the bag. i'm paraphrasing. we're going to win. we're confident. and so mitt romney just wanted to appear presidential. and not engage barack obama. which is b.s. if i ever heard it. a lot of the media picked up on this. you've seen the stories. oh, the momentum is in mitt romney's...
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ohio florida virginia, romney is several points behind. if he doesn't do something to fix this, then he's going to be in trouble. the debates obviously are going to -- at the end of the day make a huge difference. he's behind by 7 8 points, that's a big challenge to overcome that. >> bill: five points behind i saw this morning in colorado. jon, as always, we got so much to cover but so little time. we're out of it. we'll let you sneak back into the house without waking up your kids. thanks so much for joining us this morning, jon ward from "huffington post" covering the romney campaign. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." jack you're a little boring. boring. boring. jack you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire ♪ [ male announcer ] use any citi card to get the benefits of private pass. more concerts, more events more exp
ohio florida virginia, romney is several points behind. if he doesn't do something to fix this, then he's going to be in trouble. the debates obviously are going to -- at the end of the day make a huge difference. he's behind by 7 8 points, that's a big challenge to overcome that. >> bill: five points behind i saw this morning in colorado. jon, as always, we got so much to cover but so little time. we're out of it. we'll let you sneak back into the house without waking up your kids....
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. >> i think mitt romney conceded a whole sheet of paper. they conceded the foreign policy debate to the president. they seeded the veterans debate to the president and the president, not only did he extend those arguments last night but he also basically said listen, this is why you can vote for me. if there's no other reason, vote for me because i care about our veterans. i take our veterans lives seriously. as president, i have to send people to war. i've hugged their parents and i've hugged their loved ones and i won't put our troops in harm's way for no reason and beyond that point you know, we have done everything we can in foreign policy. i think it makes an inflection point from what we saw from mitt romney. hinted to the fact he would be willing to go into iran. so i think there is a complete distinction with president obama and mitt romney and we know the american people do not want another war. >> bill: one of the most powerful points, i thought of the president's speech last night, dan let me ask you to pull up that byte from the
. >> i think mitt romney conceded a whole sheet of paper. they conceded the foreign policy debate to the president. they seeded the veterans debate to the president and the president, not only did he extend those arguments last night but he also basically said listen, this is why you can vote for me. if there's no other reason, vote for me because i care about our veterans. i take our veterans lives seriously. as president, i have to send people to war. i've hugged their parents and i've...
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where romney was saying that he wants to start looking at latin america for different outsourcing. yeah, that's because he burns his bridges in china and now they want to use the low wages over in latin america. to start doing the same thing they were doing before. everybody got caught in china. >> i'm right there with you. by the way for folks if you're outraged by this, if you're outraged at macy's for continuing to hire this clown this snake head as don just suggested or somebody that we're referring to as toupee chump if you're outraged, you want to do something besides not shopping at macy's, if you want to do something else, you can go online to signon.org and the petition is right there. 615,000. by this weekend, we're going to try to get this thing up to a million. allen from new bedford massachusetts, you're on the "bill press show." >> caller: good morning. i don't know if you guys saw it last monday night but david letterman had donald trump on his show. >> we can't hear the name. we can't hear the name. >> don't say the name. >> toupee chump. >> thank you. >> caller: he
where romney was saying that he wants to start looking at latin america for different outsourcing. yeah, that's because he burns his bridges in china and now they want to use the low wages over in latin america. to start doing the same thing they were doing before. everybody got caught in china. >> i'm right there with you. by the way for folks if you're outraged by this, if you're outraged at macy's for continuing to hire this clown this snake head as don just suggested or somebody that...
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. >> bill: we also remember mitt romney making sure we all now knew how rich he was in this debate. >> romney: you know what? you've raised that before, rick. >> it was true then. it's true now. >> romney: rick, i'll tell you what. $10,000 bet? >> i'm not in the betting business. >> romney: i've got the book. >> bill: you and i might say -- you want to bet a buck. >> a coke? a hot dog? >> $10,000 who pie a pair of my -- wouldn't buy a pair of my horse's shoes. >> every moment in a presidential debate is a good moment with rick perry. >> bill: yeah, right. and then we remember rick santorum. he does have this man on dog -- we know -- when it comes to anything gay. >> marriage is what marriage is. marriage existed before there was a government. it is like saying this glass of water is a glass of beer. it's a glass of water. and water is what water is. american is what marriage is. >> bill: why don't you understand that? >> rick santorum is a loser. but i will say rick santorum thinks about gay sex more than i do and i'm a gay man. [ laughter ] i just had four thoughts about it right now
. >> bill: we also remember mitt romney making sure we all now knew how rich he was in this debate. >> romney: you know what? you've raised that before, rick. >> it was true then. it's true now. >> romney: rick, i'll tell you what. $10,000 bet? >> i'm not in the betting business. >> romney: i've got the book. >> bill: you and i might say -- you want to bet a buck. >> a coke? a hot dog? >> $10,000 who pie a pair of my -- wouldn't buy a pair...
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also his horses and bayonets jab at romney during one of the debates. >> the romney quotes, you could do all ten with romney. he had so many -- he stepped in it so many times. >> bill: i like the binders full of women. now the republicans are saying bring us binders full of latinos. >> and the american film -- >> bill: some day they'll say bring us binders full of gays and lesbians. >> i would like to be number one on the list. >> the american film institute released its top ten tv shows and tv movies. on the list, american horror story, breaking bad hbo's game change game of thrones homeland louis mad men walking dead. >> i get on board with most of those. >> wow. >> everybody loves that show. it didn't make the list. >> bill: 12 minutes after the hour. so kerry the supreme court surprising the community the world last week by first of all they didn't hesitate and several people -- back in the civil rights era the court waited -- it was much more cautious then. they waited decades before they would take a case for interracial marriage. >> right. >> bill: but with this one they jumped
also his horses and bayonets jab at romney during one of the debates. >> the romney quotes, you could do all ten with romney. he had so many -- he stepped in it so many times. >> bill: i like the binders full of women. now the republicans are saying bring us binders full of latinos. >> and the american film -- >> bill: some day they'll say bring us binders full of gays and lesbians. >> i would like to be number one on the list. >> the american film institute...
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>>join the debate now. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> on your radio, on t.v. the bill press show, new on current t.v. >> yeah, mitt romney says harry reid's got to put up or shut up. uh-uh. the guy's got to put up or shut up. he just can't go around saying, i paid all of my taxes. i paid all of my taxes and expect us to believe him. uh-uh. romney's got to do what everybody else has done every other candidate for president for the last 30 years. put your taxes out there, dude. you put up or shut up. he lane is out in tucson, arizona. what do you say. >> good morning, bill. bill reid is correct. when pom when president obama was accused or said not born in america, what did he do? he released his birth certificate. >> good point. right. >> that's all i wanted to say. >> well, you know, elaine i am glad you raised that point because some people are saying that harry reid is just like the birthers, making this wild accusation. yeah. and ifas you point out, elaine, there is a big difference. when the birthers mad that accusation, president obama released his long f
>>join the debate now. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> on your radio, on t.v. the bill press show, new on current t.v. >> yeah, mitt romney says harry reid's got to put up or shut up. uh-uh. the guy's got to put up or shut up. he just can't go around saying, i paid all of my taxes. i paid all of my taxes and expect us to believe him. uh-uh. romney's got to do what everybody else has done every other candidate for president for the last 30 years. put your taxes out there, dude. you...
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why one only one vice presidential debate? why only three presidential debates? we should have one debate every week from now until election day. people should know where barack obama and mitt romney stand on everything and they should have a dozen debates between now and election day. do we agree? >> yeah. i'm way more excited to see the vice presidential debates. i would watch that every day if it was on. >> i would too. why more excited for vice presidential debates? >> because joe biden looks like the kind of guy who might take a swing at his opponent. i know he wouldn't but i think it will be more feisty. i think barack obama is a cool, levelheaded guy. he won't use his temper. mitt romney is just boring and bland. but joe biden will mix it up. >> john: you might actually see the joe biden/paul ryan catholic fight which i would pay to see. i want to see paul ryan call joe biden out for supporting a woman's right to choose as a catholic because then that opens the door for biden to call ryan out on abandoning the poor, supporting the iraq war supporting the d
why one only one vice presidential debate? why only three presidential debates? we should have one debate every week from now until election day. people should know where barack obama and mitt romney stand on everything and they should have a dozen debates between now and election day. do we agree? >> yeah. i'm way more excited to see the vice presidential debates. i would watch that every day if it was on. >> i would too. why more excited for vice presidential debates? >>...
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debate was bad for them. i think they needed paul ryan on board. romney liked paul ryan but the campaign -- the only campaign that gave them a chance to win was blaming obama for everything that happened and being as vague as possible about the alternative, right. saying the economy is bad people are arguing in washington, we'll make it better. they didn't have any support for their specific alternatives. they didn't want to make it a contest or specific vision so they needed ryan on board in a way. but they didn't want people examining their alternative. >> john: i think you're right. what do you think is next for the g.o.p. and what do you think we can expect in the weeks to come with the fiscal cliff struggle? >> this is also something i've written about quite a bit. i don't expect a lot of cooperation between the parties in the second term except immigration reform. on the fiscal issue it is different. the republicans just have to make a deal with obama because the absent of the deal, they get way, way wo
debate was bad for them. i think they needed paul ryan on board. romney liked paul ryan but the campaign -- the only campaign that gave them a chance to win was blaming obama for everything that happened and being as vague as possible about the alternative, right. saying the economy is bad people are arguing in washington, we'll make it better. they didn't have any support for their specific alternatives. they didn't want to make it a contest or specific vision so they needed ryan on board in a...
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and paul ryan then mitt romney got on there. we love this debate on medicare. we'll win this debate on medicare. guess what. >> that's why i think what you have -- this is an important first cut of history, a forum like this. okay. so it wasn't the political choice on their end and look what happened. i think one of the good things about a choice when you had bill clinton pick al gore, when you had obama pick biden even when you had bush and cheney, they all, in their own way had their chemistry. but they also bring something to a ticket. or more important they do no harm. so they don't change the their at this. they don't change the essence of the message. so when cheney was picked, people might have said is he picking his daddy's friend or someone so old to help him. those are -- that could slap down a candidate but it doesn't change your whole thrust of your main selling point which was for romney, i could be a better steward of the economy than obama. so when -- you evaluate what happened yes so it was a great chemistry. >> bill: right. but politically -- a
and paul ryan then mitt romney got on there. we love this debate on medicare. we'll win this debate on medicare. guess what. >> that's why i think what you have -- this is an important first cut of history, a forum like this. okay. so it wasn't the political choice on their end and look what happened. i think one of the good things about a choice when you had bill clinton pick al gore, when you had obama pick biden even when you had bush and cheney, they all, in their own way had their...
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they're both very controlled debaters. it is a switch for romney. during the republican primary debates, he was really the front-runner and everyone was trying to tear him down. he was supposed to stand up to them. here he's coming in as the underdog. he needs to be on the attack. >> eliot: wanna if you needed to say to mitt romney, here is what you must accomplish tomorrow because you are down ten points in the swing states, you only have this one moment to capture the public's excitement and enthusiasm, how does he do it? >> first avoid the unforced error. time and time again the albatross of the romney campaign. they're making trouble for themselves where there doesn't need to be any. secondly, you have to keep president obama from getting under your skin. what you saw if you watched mitt romney closely in the debates guys like newt gingrich and rick santorum could really seem to get under his skin, get him a little agitated. you don't want to do that. you want to appear presidential next to a sitting president. he's hugely important tomorrow nig
they're both very controlled debaters. it is a switch for romney. during the republican primary debates, he was really the front-runner and everyone was trying to tear him down. he was supposed to stand up to them. here he's coming in as the underdog. he needs to be on the attack. >> eliot: wanna if you needed to say to mitt romney, here is what you must accomplish tomorrow because you are down ten points in the swing states, you only have this one moment to capture the public's...
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-- i don't think this debate by any means won the election for mitt romney. i mean i think he is going to register a gain in the polls just simply because of all of the negative media associated with the president's performance, but it is going to place a spotlight on the next one. and see now obama has got to go after him. >> stephanie: right. >> and once you get into that situation, then -- then, you know, you can -- it -- it's an all together different thing. it could -- there are some things that could happen that could drastically affect the course of the debate. but now the spotlight is on him -- i'm just hoping joe biden -- the one thing we know that joe biden will show his teeth. i just hope he rips paul ryan to shreds next week. and he likes that. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: but i think you are right, he has been set up perfectly now to do that. maybe the president felt too constrains by -- whether it's being presidential, not making mistakes, you are right, he has to get some of that scrappy challenger that wayne powell showed. >> right. here is -- r
-- i don't think this debate by any means won the election for mitt romney. i mean i think he is going to register a gain in the polls just simply because of all of the negative media associated with the president's performance, but it is going to place a spotlight on the next one. and see now obama has got to go after him. >> stephanie: right. >> and once you get into that situation, then -- then, you know, you can -- it -- it's an all together different thing. it could -- there...
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i think governor romney has the opportunity in denver tomorrow night and in subsequent debates to bring this back that he's the guy who can fix the economy. if he does, he wins the election still. >> eliot: maybe. dave, jump in. >> the challenge whether it is on the economy dealing with immigration, whether it's dealing with healthcare, mitt romney has had several different positions so even if he takes a very clear position tomorrow night, that's going to be a different position from the one he took three months ago or three years ago. >> eliot: i also want to challenge the premise of your position. not that we're trying to jump on you from both sides. the public has been more forgiving of president obama because they understand the trend line. the action d said unemployment 8.1 but they remember it was at 10 and when george w. bush was president and left office, we were losing jobs at 750,000 per month. so i think rather than the absolute number, the trend line and the sense of confidence, it maybe confidence overstates it. it states they're coming back as in the benefit for the presi
i think governor romney has the opportunity in denver tomorrow night and in subsequent debates to bring this back that he's the guy who can fix the economy. if he does, he wins the election still. >> eliot: maybe. dave, jump in. >> the challenge whether it is on the economy dealing with immigration, whether it's dealing with healthcare, mitt romney has had several different positions so even if he takes a very clear position tomorrow night, that's going to be a different position...
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and will continue to broaden probably after the debates. senate senateorial candidates will begin to run away from mitt romney. >> bill: eliot spitzer, of course "viewpoint" a must watch at 8:00 pm eastern every night. even scott brown said that's not my vision of society. >> even linda mcman said this is my vision of america. even she doesn't like him anymore. >> bill: this gets back eliot, doesn't it to the central, i guess question of who is the proper role of government right? and who government should be helping. we have had that discussion and battle since the founding of the country, right? >> a lot of electoral politics is conducted at the superficial level. but underneath it we have two distinctly different visions. the one that president obama is articulating is really a very centrist vision in the heart and tradition of what this nation is all about, mitt romney is really on the fringe but it's a good debate to have. >> bill: it is. i was reading some letters of the "new york times." one woman said i got in my car and drove on a
and will continue to broaden probably after the debates. senate senateorial candidates will begin to run away from mitt romney. >> bill: eliot spitzer, of course "viewpoint" a must watch at 8:00 pm eastern every night. even scott brown said that's not my vision of society. >> even linda mcman said this is my vision of america. even she doesn't like him anymore. >> bill: this gets back eliot, doesn't it to the central, i guess question of who is the proper role of...
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said mitt romney clearly was the more polished debater. he's had 7,000 primary debates up against the likes of perry and gingrich, he's more battle tested, more comfortable but the president won it on substance and facts and the tricky numbers, they would have had a fair case. instead, democrats and republicans flipped out. they said our guy lost. so the media follows that narrative. the media likes to follow the narratives of the right wing generally and we saw that in benghazi but when -- which we'll get to -- when it came to the debate, i think that whoever seems to be having the most fun and back me up on this if you agree. whoever seems to be having the most fun in the debate is considered the winner at the end. >> that's a really good way of putting it actually. i don't think anybody put it that way. >> john: whoever is enjoying themselves the most, conveys the most relaxation and greater sense of being in control of the dynamic. this is what we saw with senator obama and senator mccain in 2008. now, back then, obama wasn't a great d
said mitt romney clearly was the more polished debater. he's had 7,000 primary debates up against the likes of perry and gingrich, he's more battle tested, more comfortable but the president won it on substance and facts and the tricky numbers, they would have had a fair case. instead, democrats and republicans flipped out. they said our guy lost. so the media follows that narrative. the media likes to follow the narratives of the right wing generally and we saw that in benghazi but when --...